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All Praise is due to Allah: We Praise Him: We beg assistance of Him:

We ask Him for forgiveness. We have faith in Him: We have reliance
.on Him

We fly for refuge unto Him (to deliver us) from the mischief of our
minds and from the evil consequences of our actions.

Whomever Allah directs shall not go astray: and whomever He allows

to go astray, no one can guide.

We profess that there is nothing worthy of worship except Allah, and

we further profess that Muhammad is His Servant and His Messenger.

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Oh you who believe! Fear Allah as He has the right to be feared, and
do not die except as Muslims.

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(O mankind! Be dutiful to your Lord, Who created you from a single

person, and from him He created his wife, and from them both He
created many men and women, and fear Allâh through Whom you
demand your mutual (rights), and (do not cut the relations of) the
wombs (kinship) Surely, Allâh is Ever an All-Watcher over you).’ [al-
Nisaa’ 4:1],

(O you who believe! Keep your duty to Allâh and fear Him, and speak
(always) the truth 70 ‫ز‬. He will direct you to do righteous good deeds
and will forgive you your sins. And whosoever obeys Allâh and His
Messenger (SAW) he has indeed achieved a great achievement (i.e. he
will be saved from the Hell-fire and made to enter Paradise). [al-
Ahzaab 33:70].” (Sunan al-Nisaa’i: Kitaab al-Jumu’ah, Baab kayfiyyah
al-khutbah).

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Cannibal case shocks Germany

Friday, December 13, 2002 Posted: 8:44 AM EST (1344 GMT)

From www.CNN.com ROTENBURG-AN-DER-FULD, Germany -- German police are

watching home videos made by a man who apparently killed and ate a man after
advertising for a willing victim on the Internet.

Prosecutors say the 41-year-old suspect, who has confessed to the crime, is not being treated as insane.

The accused cut off part of the victim's body by mutual agreement because they wanted to eat it together,
police said in a statement.

The suspect then killed the man -- a 42-year-old from Berlin -- with deep cuts to the neck and chopped the
body into pieces that he froze and later ate, prosecutors said.

Prosecutors have named neither the victim nor suspect. Both men were computer technicians, German
newspapers said. Police believe the killing happened in March last year.

Police arrested the man, who lives in Rotenburg-an-der-Fulda, near Kassel, in the German state of Hesse,
after he posted an Internet ad seeking another male volunteer to satisfy his appetites.

Kassel prosecutor Hans-Manfred Jung told Reuters news agency the man was in custody and was regarded
as capable of standing trial.

"The deed appears to stem from cannibalistic and homosexual tendencies shared by both men," police said
in a statement.

Officers were searching the suspect's home -- an 18th century manor house -- on Friday, and said they had
found frozen human flesh and bones as well as video recordings of the crime.

Neighbors said they found the story difficult to comprehend. One said: "It was sort of clear to us that he had
a different perspective on life than we did but he was a normal person, to speak to him, to drink a glass of
beer with him, just like you and me."

CNN's Stephanie Halasz said the case, which had shocked the country, was dominating the tabloid press.

Some newspapers had talked to psychologists in an attempt to try to understand the crime, she said.

Bild newspaper described the crime as the most bizarre crime of modern German criminal history. "A man
was led to the butcher's block, and eaten," it said.

It is Germany's second headline-grabbing murder case this year after a young couple was jailed in January
for killing a friend and stabbing him 66 times in a Satanic ritual

Astfigullallah, May Allah protect us from becoming like this

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Then We reduced him to the lowest of the low, (5)

Now I am sure everyone is disgusted, sickened, and appaulled by such an

gruesome, evil act, strange act of canabalism.

So you might ask the question what does this story have to do with Islam, and
this khutbah. The following hadith will answer this question. Imam Asbahanee
relates from Rasullah, that on the day of Judgment:

A person who backbited another Muslim the body of that person will be placed
before him. And it will be said to him eat just as you ate of his flesh in the world.
And then the person who backbited will be forced to eat.

So imagine being force fed something that you would hate to eat, what will you
do, you will make face, you will scream, you will pant, but to no avail that person
who backbited will be forced to the corpse of the one they backbited on
according to this hadith.

So brothers and sisters in Islam just like that sick german canbalist who ate the
flesh of his sick volunteer, the sin of backbiting is a form of canabilism in Islam.
And this is what Allah Tala’ has compared to in the Quran in 49:12:

O you who believe! Avoid suspicion as much as possible for suspicion in

some cases is a sin. And spy not on each other, nor speak ill of each other
behind their backs. Would any of you like to eat the flesh of his dead
brother? Nay, you would abhor it...But fear Allah, for Allah is Oft-

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Returning, Most Merciful (Al-Hujurat 49/12).

So based on the sayings of Allah in Quran and Rasullah- Backbiting is haram; it

is one of the major sins and repentance, touba must be sought for this sin. There
is no other opinion in Islam.

Imam Al-Qurtubi said, "There is ijmaa' (a consensus) that backbiting is a major

sin and that it is fard that a person do tauba for it."

So the question is what constitutes, what makes, what is, backbiting or in Arabic
gheebah:

RasulAllah said to his companions, "Do you know what gheebah is?"

They said, "Allah and His Messenger know best."

He said, "It is to mention something about your brother (in his absence) that he
would hate."

It was said, “What if what I say about my brother is true?”

He sal Allaahu alayhi wa sallam said, "If what you said about him is true then you
would have backbitten him, and if it is not true, then you would have slandered
him (buhtaan)" (Muslim).

So brothers and sisters in Islam backbiting is simply saying something in

absence of your brother or sister that they dislike. Therefore the scholars mention
that if remark about someones, height, weight, color, complexion, looks, how
they walk, how they talk, demeaning their dress, anything that they dislike then
we fall into backbiting which is a form of canabalism.

Now what happens is that many times we make excuses for our backbiting we
say things like well, I have the courage to say it to his face. Another excuse that
we come out with is that I am only saying a story, or incident, or a fact. All these
are not valid excuses for gheebah according to our scholars. Again gheebah is
simply saying something that is true about some in his abscene that he dislikes.

Zik-rooka-akhaa-ka-be-maa-aykroo-kah Mentioning something about your

brother that he dislikes.

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So the problems is that we take the sin of gheebah to lightly. Many time you will
find that we pray, fast, eat only zabhih meat, do all kinds of good deeds but yet
we fall into this sin of gheebah.

Part of the problem of us being so desensentive to gheebah is that we live in this

modern age, in a predominately non Muslim country where backbiting is not
consider a big deal. I am mean I sure you hear at work, or school, “Oh you know
what that person, is such and such a person”, “Oh you know what I saw of such
and such a person”, “Let me tell you what I heard about such and such a
person”, “That person is so ugly”, “That person is so overweight”. And people
laugh, and joke about backbiting and do not give it a second thought.

But again Islam has set a high moral bar by the wisdom of Allah on the gheebah.
And again gheebah is a form of canbalaism.

But if we look at our Scholars, the Sahab, our Beloved Prophet was very
sensitive to the sin of gheebah.

Imam Dawood Athi (Rahmatullah-ulh, May Allah have mercy upon him) one day
he was walking along a path and all of a sudden he fell down unconscious. When
Imam Dawood awoke from passing out, the people asked him what happened.
Imam Dawood said I saw the spot that in the past on one occasion I had spoken
ill of someone behind their back. And all of a sudden I was hit by a vision of the
day of judgment when I will be standing in the court of Allah, and that person will
demand compensation, demand retribution for the backbiting, when I saw that
vision I fell unconscious.

So look at the pious people how senstitive that they are about even if they
commit this sin one time, they are so sensitive to it, yet we are not.

In another example that I heard in a lecture on the subject of Gheebah. One

Imam saw in his dream that a huge individual was sitting, and he had infront of
him a plate of pork, and that person said to me eat. I said to him how can I eat
that pork. The man said eat this pork, like eat the flesh of that person you
backbited, and the man forced fed me the pork. And then the Imam said that for
30 days after I woke up everytime I ate I felt that taste of that pork in my mouth.
So again look how sensitive these pious people are to gheebah, that if they only
do gheebah once look what a shock it is to their conscious but we commit this all
the time and we are insensitive to it.

Look at the example of our Beloved Rasool, one of the wives of Rasullah Safiyah
who was jew before converting to Islam, did not have a mount, and Zainab bint
Jahsh had a spare mount, so Rasullah asked Zainab to give her extra mount to
Safiyah. Zainab said in the absence of Safiyah “Shall I give my camel to this
Jewishess” Rasullah SAW turned away, and did not speak to Zainab bint Jahsh
for 2.5 months.

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Another example of Rasullah’s observing gheebah, It is related in a hadith that

Rasullah had order fasting a particular day and had asked the people not to
break it without his permission. So one man came and ask out of exhaustion that
he break the fast. Rasullah give it to him. A second man came and also
expressed exhaustion form thirst and hunger to break the fast, Rasullah gave
him permission. Then a man came and said Rasullah there are two women who
have fasted all day and they are to shy to ask you directly to break their fast.
Rasullah ingnore the man. That man later returned and ask the same request.
Rasullah order that the women be brought before them and he order that two
bowl be place infront of them. Rasullah said to both of them vomit. The women
said ya Rasulllah we have fasted all day, how can we vomit. Rasullah said,
vomit. Then the women vomited flesh and blood and Rasullah said, The
onlookers were astonished. Then the Prophet, on him be peace, said: "These
two women have been Fasting from what Allah made lawful to them, and have
broken their Fast on what God, Exalted is He, made unlawful to them. They sat
together and indulged in backbiting, and here is the flesh of the people they
maligned!"'

May Allah grace you and us with the blessings of the grand Qurr’an, and
may it benefit us and you with the verses and with wise commemoration, for
He the Almighty is Generous, Noble, Sovereign, Benign, Compassionate,
and Merciful.

Uqbah Ibn Aamir narrates:

I said, "O RasulAllah! What is salvation?"

He sal Allaahu alayhi wa sallam said, "Hold your tongue! Make your house

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spacious for your guest. And cry over your (own) faults” (Tirmidhi)!

PART II

Shaykh Al-Qarnee narrates in one of his lectures:

Abu Bakr once disputed with another companion about a tree. During the
dispute, Abu Bakr said something that he rather would not have said. He did not
curse, he did not attack someone's honor, and he did not poke a fault at anyone.
All he said was something that may have hurt the companion's feelings.

Immediately, Abu Bakr ordered him, “Say it back to me!”

The companion said, “I shall not say it back to you.”

“Say it back to me,” said Abu Bakr, “Or I shall complain to the Messenger of
Allah.”

The companion refused to say it back and went on his way.

Abu Bakr went to RasulAllah and told him what had happened and what he said.
RasulAllah called that companion and asked him, “Did Abu Bakr say so-and-so
to you?”

He said, “Yes.”

He, sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam said, “What did you reply.”

He said, “I did not reply it back to him.”

RasulAllah said, “Good, do not reply it back to him (do not hurt Abu Bakr). Rather
say, ‘May Allah forgive you O Abu Bakr!’”

The companion turned to Abu Bakr and said, "May Allah forgive you O Abu Bakr!
May Allah forgive you O Abu Bakr!"

Abu Bakr turned and cried as he walked away.

How can we revive this air of mercy and love and brotherhood that the
companions lived? The Messenger of Allah showed us in the following ways:

1. Having Eman in Allah and Doing Acts of Goodness

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Allah says:

On those who believe and work deeds of righteousness, will the Most
Gracious bestow love (Maryam 19/96).

2. Spreading Salaam to Those Whom You Know and Those Whom You Do Not

Abu Hurayrah narrates that RasulAllah said:

“You shall not enter Jannah until you believe, and you shall not believe
until you love one another. Shall I not guide you to something that – if you
do it – you shall love one another? Spread salaam amongst yourselves”
(Muslim).

Abdullah Ibn Amr narrates:

A man came to RasulAllah and asked him, “Which Islam is the best?”

He said, “To feed the hungry and to give salaam to those you know and
those you don't know” (Bukhari and Muslim).

3. Giving Gifts to Your Brothers and Sisters

Suffice is the statement of RasulAllah:

“Tahaaddu tahaabbu (Give gifts and you shall love one another)” (Bukhari).

4. Telling Your Brother or Sister that You Love Them for the Sake of Allah

This is one of the ways to solidify the brotherhood and sisterhood when your
brother or sister knows that you love them.

These days people are loved for the clothes they wear, so they buy more
expensive clothes. Others are loved for the cars they drive, so they buy newer
models. But how many are loved for the sake of Allah and what kind of effect

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would that have?

RasulAllah showed us the example when he said to Mu'aadh:

“O Mu'aadh! I love you for the sake of Allah!”

Allahu Akbar! Imagine if it were you that RasulAllah said this to.

Mu'aadh replied, “May He whom you have loved me for love you also.”

In conclusion, if you remember only one thing today, let it be the following
words of RasulAllah. Take it as your motto until it carries you to Jannah. He
sal Allaahu alayhi wa sallam said:

"Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him say good things or
keep quiet!"

Pick Your Teeth!

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It's one of the greatest sins and yet it's something we do day after day.
Sometimes we don't even realise it. You're just chatting away with your friends
and you begin to talk about somebody else. Our whole lives are based around
'Home and Away' and 'Neighbours', soaps based on lying, backbiting etc. But
look at what the Prophet (saw) said about it:

The Prophet (saw) was sitting with his companions one day and one of them was
speaking badly about someone who wasn't there. As the man got up to leave the
Prophet (saw) said to him: "Pick Your Teeth!" "But I haven't eaten anything." The
man protested. "No" the Prophet (saw) said "YOU HAVE EATEN THE FLESH
OF YOUR DEAD BROTHER".

As Allah tells us in the Quran:

"Would any of you like to eat the flesh of his dead brother? No, you would hate
it." (Ch49: v12)

But What If It's True?!

The Prophet (saw) told us "Backbiting is to say something about someone they
wouldn't like said about them....If what bad you said about them is true, then you
have backbited and if it is false then you have slandered them."

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If you're still not convinced of how big a sin backbiting really is, then look at the
punishment Allah has in store for the backbiters. The Prophet (saw) described:
"On the night of Mirage I passed by some people who had metal hooks in their
hands and were clawing at their faces and their necks with them. I asked Gabriel
'Who were these people?' He said 'These are the people who eat the flesh of
human beings and disgrace them'.

This is how big of a sin backbiting is looked upon and yet we continue to backbite
without a second thought, next time you lie, talk about somebody, remember
Allah (swt) and the Prophet (saw) and put them in front of you before you speak.

Just having a Laugh!

Maybe we think it's all right to take the mock out of someone so long as we say it
to their face. 'We'll make fun of the way someone talks, walks, or how they look.
Allah warns us against such behaviour: "O you who believe. Let not some men
laugh at others, it may be the that they are better than you. Nor let some women
laugh at others it may be that they are better than you. Nor abuse each other ,
nor be sarcastic to each other by using offensive nicknames..." (Ch49v11)

Don't forget that Allah made us the way we are, so how can you even think of
making fun of his creation?

Cool to Swear?

Listen to yourself and to your friends speaking one day - nearly every sentence
will have a swear word in it, thinking it's cool and macho to swear, copying the
idols of TV and the cinema. Is it really 'cool' to swear? The Hellfire is far from
being cool. People will wish they were cool then rather than being cool in this
world. Remember! That every time you speak , an angel writes down what you
say, and that one day you will have to answer for every single word you ever
uttered. So if you swear at someone then it's written down as a sin against you.
You're only harming yourself. The Prophet (saw) said that "Abusing a Muslim is a
sin and fighting with him is disbelief." (MUSLIM).

'But sometimes you just have to swear'!

We've all been there - you're just so angry with somebody and the only way you
can express yourself, is to swear at them. The solution? ...

Don't get angry in the first place.

A man came to the Prophet (saw) one day and said "Advise me". The prophet
(saw) said "Don't become angry. Don't become angry. Don't become angry"....
"When one of you gets angry while he is standing up, he should sit down. Then
anger will leave him, and if not then he should lie down" (Ahmad). So let us follow

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this beautiful advice of the Prophet (saw) and remember that anger is from
shaitan. If someone angers you or swears at you then don't harm yourself by
doing the same but respond in a better way as Allah says in the Quran:

"Repel evil with what is better. Then he who was your worst enemy will become
your best friend." (Ch41v33)

"It wasn't me. Honest."

How often do we say such a phrase or say that "I was only joking". We treat lies
as being trivial. However we are told that "Allah's messenger did not hate
anything more than lying"(Ahmed). The Prophet (saw) was once asked "Can a
Muslim be a coward?" He (saw) replied "Yes." and then asked "Can a Muslim be
a miser?" and the reply was "Yes." The Prophet (saw) was then asked "Can a
Muslim be a liar?" The Prophet (saw) replied "NO! A Muslim can never be a liar".
Furthermore, he said "Truth leads to virtue and virtue leads to paradise...Lying
leads to wickedness and wickedness leads to the hellfire." (Bukhari). As we know
that one lie leads to another ten lies which lead to bad actions. Remember you
can lie and think that you have got away with it but on the day of Judgement your
hands, tongue and feet will bear testimony against you and tell the truth.

But it's only words!

One day one of the companions asked the Prophet (saw) "O Messenger of Allah.
Will we be called to account for what we say?" He replied "May you be lost to
your mother - people will be thrown, faces down into the hellfire, only on account
to what their tongues said." (Tirmidhi).

Indeed the tongue controls the rest of your body. A well controlled tongue will
keep us within Islam but a loose tongue will destroy us.

The Prophet (saw) said "When a person gets up in the morning, all the parts of
his body make a plea to his tongue saying; 'Fear Allah regarding us, because we
follow you. If you are right then we shall also be right , and if you are wrong then
we shall also be wrong." (Tirmidhi)

Instead of swearing, lying and engaging in useless talk we can use our tongues
in better ways and what better than telling people about Islam. Allah says "Who is
better in speech than one who calls (men) to Allah and works righteousness and
says I am one of those who bow down in Islam" (Ch 41v33)

Your tongue can save you as well!

Indeed if you control your tongue and speak good then paradise can be yours.
The Prophet (saw) said "Whoever can guarantee me two things I can guarantee
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replied "What is between his jaws (his tongue) and his legs (private parts)."
(Bukhari)

I've lied and backbited, sworn and made fun of others. I must be doomed I must
be going to hell!"

NO! Allah (swt) tells us in the Quran:

"O my servants who have wronged themselves. never despair of the mercy of
Allah for truly he forgives all sins. He is the Forgiving, the Merciful." (Ch39v53)

So if you really repent and turn back to Allah and promise not to commit the sin
again then truly Allah's promise is true and He will forgive you. If you've
backbitten someone - go and tell the person whom you backbited and apologise
sincerely and ask them to forgive you. But if you think that the situation will get
worse then turn back to Allah sincerely begging for his forgiveness then to make
up for what you said, go around and talk good of him.

The Best Example

As we know that the best person to have ever lived is the Prophet Muhammad
(saw) and he is the best of example for mankind. If we follow him we can never
go wrong. Ayesha (RA) the Prophet's wife described the Prophets conduct as
follows:

"He was neither a obscene talker nor a user of bad words. He did not shout nor
did he repay evil with evil. He used to forgive people and overlook their sins."
(Tirmidhi)

Final Advice: A beautiful saying of the Prophet (saw) that will ensure the
protection of our tongue. The Messenger of Allah (saw) said:

"Whoever believes in Allah and the Last day, LET HIM EITHER SPEAK GOOD
OR KEEP SILENT" (Agreed upon)

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